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      CALL FOR PAPERS

The Thirteenth International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
Computing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT'12)

14-16 December 2012 ¨C Beijing, CHINA
URL: http://cit.bjtu.edu.cn/pdcat2012
Sponsored by NSFC, BJTU, IEEE Beijing Chapter
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AIM AND SCOPE
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The International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing,
Applications and Technologies (PDCAT) is a major forum for scientists,
engineers, and practitioners throughout the world to present the latest
research, results, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of
parallel and distributed computing. Following PDCAT'00 in Hong Kong,
PDCAT'01 in Taipei, PDCAT'02 in Kanazawa, Japan, PDCAT'03 in Chengdu, China,
PDCAT'04 in Singapore, PDCAT'05 in Dalian, China, PDCAT'06 in Taipei, Taiwan,
PDCAT'07 in Adelaide, Australia, PDCAT'08 in Dunedin, New Zealand, PDCAT'09 in
Hiroshima, Japan, PDCAT'10 in Wuhan, China, PDCAT'11 in Gwangju, Korea,
PDCAT'12 will take place in Beijing, China.

We are inviting new and unpublished papers on, but not limited to, the following
topics:

1. Networking and Architectures:
Interconnection networks
Parallel/distributed architectures
Heterogeneous and multimedia Systems
ATM networks
Reliability, and fault-tolerance
Ubiquitous computing systems
Computer networks
Communication and telecommunication
Wireless networks and mobile computing
Optical networks
Cloud/Grid computing systems
Reconfigurable architecture

2. Software Systems and Technologies:
Formal methods and programming languages
Internet computing
Image processing and computer vision
Agent technologies
Operating systems
Software tools and environments
Parallelizing compilers
Web services
Component-based and OO Technology
Simulation and Visualization

3. Algorithms and Applications:
Parallel/distributed algorithms
Task mapping and job scheduling
Distributed data and knowledge based systems
Image processing and computer graphics
High-performance scientific computing
Reconfigurable high-performance computing
Resource allocation and management
Network routing and communication algorithms
Bioinformatics
Database applications and data mining
Intelligent computing and neural networks

4. Security and Privacy:
Access control and authorization
Authentication, biometrics, smartcards
Distributed systems security
Mobile code and mobile agent security
RFID applications
Privacy preserving computation
Applied cryptography
Database security
Intrusion detection and survivability
P2P & ad hoc networks
Cloud security
Security protocols


PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE:
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Papers reporting original and unpublished research results and
experience are solicited. Papers will be selected based on their
originality, timeliness,
significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Accepted and
presented papers will be
published in the conference proceedings. Papers must be written in English and
submitted electronically as a PDF/Word file at
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pdcat2012. Submissions
should be made in IEEE conference proceedings format (template available at
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting), and must not
exceed 6 pages in length. The conference proceedings will be published
by IEEE Computer Society
(cited by EI) and extended versions of selected papers will be
published in special
issues of 4 international journals: Journal of Supercomputing (SCI),
Cybernetics and Systems
(SCI), Computers and Electrical Engineering (SCI), Journal of
Interconnection Networks (EI).

IMPORTANT DATES:
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Paper submission deadline: July 20, 2012
Author notification: Sep. 5, 2012
Camera-ready version due: Sep. 20, 2012
Conference: Dec 14-16, 2012

ABOUT BEIJING:
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Beijing is China's political, cultural, science and education centre
as well as a key transportation hub with direct flights to most major
cities in the
world. Beijing has served as the capital of the country for more than
800 years. The city
has many places of historic interest and scenic beauty. Beijing became
the focus of world
attention in 2008 when it hosted the Olympics. The games were a symbol
of both China's
progress and China's tradition with high-class and eye-catching
facilities and spectacular
ceremonies. People from all around the world were welcomed to travel
to Beijing under the
slogan "One World, One Dream".

GENERAL CHAIRS
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Depei Qian, Beihang University, China
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia

PROGRAM CHAIR
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Hong Shen, Beijing Jiaotong Univ./Univ. of Adelaide

PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS
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Jianer Chen, Central-South Univ./Texas A & M Univ.
Teofilo Gonzalez, Univ. of Calif. Santa Barbara, USA,
Shi-Jinn Horng, Nat. Taiwan U. of Sci. & Tech.,Taiwan
James J. Park, Seoul National U. of Sci &Tech, Korea


CONTACT US:
Any queries regarding PDCAT 2012 should be directed to pdcat2012@bjtu.edu.cn.